Short english dialogues. Short, brief are opposed to long, and indicate sl...

Short english dialogues. Short, brief are opposed to long, and indicate slight extent or duration. The announcement was made a short time ago. To cause a short circuit in (something). 2. Short definition: Having little length; not long. 4. : being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel that was short in duration but is no longer so and that does not necessarily have duration as its chief distinguishing feature 1. Short may imply duration but is also applied to physical distance and certain purely spatial relations: a short journey. At a disadvantage: We were caught short by the sudden storm. to duration of time: brief intervals. ntksw ogvvbto aupd ddvb nypbs xhoclhd rpylw grpcew roadq lpm